Israel Lobby Has Shaped Every US President Since Truman, New Book Claims

A new book, Israel’s Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, argues that pro‑Israel advocacy groups have shaped U.S. foreign policy from Truman to today, often steering presidents away from their own security advisers’ counsel. (Credit: Image AI Generated thru Microsoft Copilot)

A newly published book argues that pro-Israel advocacy groups have influenced the foreign policy decisions of every American president since Harry Truman, often pushing leaders away from positions favoured by their own top security advisers.

The book, titled Israel's Lobby: America in the Grip of a Foreign Power, is by Quincy Institute senior adviser Eli Clifton and University of Pennsylvania political science professor emeritus Ian Lustick. In an essay adapted from the book and published in The Guardian, the authors trace what they describe as a pattern stretching from 1948 to the present day.